As tens of thousands flee their homes in border region, many say government downplayed threat of invasion
  • exanime@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I totally understand where you are coming from and agree in those particular examples; sure, the characters give us something to watch but without understanding what is actually happening, the story loses tons of steam

    In the case of Civil War I think it works because of the following (no spoilers):

    • Unlike those other movies, we all know what a Civil War is, so “filling the blanks” is not as critical
    • Whatever caused it, happened a bit back. You start the movie towards what feels like the end of the war and nobody is trying to stop the war or solve the problem; because of that, you are not focusing on the reasons why it started
    • You follow journalists in the movie and they make it clear they are there to report what is happening, not to provide commentary. Again this moves you away from “why is this happening” mindset
    • Finally, yes they do provide enough to make an educated guess. They even provide one which is presented as the “final straw” that started it all. You won’t get the play-by-play sequence but it was enough for me to fill in the blanks

    Cinematography is amazing and it does have that odd vibe that A24 movies have. I liked this movie a lot.